Computing-price-sales device



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C. S. BATDORF COMPUTING PRICE SALES DEVICE piled Dec, 19, 1925 z'sheets-shnz 1 .form Das 6a: SrarwN lNvENToR sept. 1, 1925.

C. S. BATDORF COMPUTING PRICE SALES DEVICE Filed Dec, 19, 1923 2 Sheets-Shut 2 JoHN Dog GAS THT'ON |0 CAllUNS 0F 5,15 A 2.005

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Patented Sept. 1, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT ol-lrlclav cHAnLEs s. BATDORF, oFfBnooxLYn, NEW YoRK.

COMPUTING-'PRICE-SAIES DEVICE. 'y

Application filed December 19, 1923. Serial No. 681,465.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. BATDORF, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and.

State of New York,'have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Computing-Price-Sales Devices, of which the following is a specification. A

The object of the invention is to provide a portable manually operative'device tol be carried by a saleman at a gas'station, for illustration,` for computing the total price or charge fora quantity of gasolene sold` which sleeve is secured an operatingknob Y by which the sleeve andWheelsthereOn are rotated to the proper,extentand which bears numbers, from 1 to 2(7) inclusive, indicating gallons, to guide the operator in setting the impression wheels. I also equip the bodyA of the device with a stationary impression plate which'may bear standard indications, as in the present instance, Gallons of gas, a letter or character denoting the salesman, as A, and a dollar mark, as Si The device is equipped with a platen on which the sales slips or checks are placed and by which said slips or checks are pressed against the impression Wheels and plate to receive imprints therefrom.

The invention will be i fully understood from the detailed description vhereinafter presented, reference being had to the a'ccompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a central vertical longitudinal section through a price computing sales device embodying my invention; f

Fig. 2is a top view of the same;

-Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section through the same, taken on the dotted line 3-3 of Fig. 1; i

Fig. 4 is a similar section through thel same taken on the dotted line 4 -4 of Fig. 1 ;V

Fig. 5 is a horizontal *section through the same taken on the dotted line 55of Fig.4;

i Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the dupliim cating sales .book employed in".connectionl with the device of my invention; .1 i v Fig. 7 is a nal check printed onmy device, said check havinga carbonl backfand to be vretained by Y the salesman for his house, .while the duplicate check is shown in'Fig. 6 and is to'be,v de.-

vtached and handed 'to the customer;Fig. 4

indicates the mannerof employing theisales detached face view of an origi- V book in connection with my device in'order r.

to produce 'the checksy shown in Figs.l 6 and;

Fig. 8 is a View corresponding with 1 illustrating a modified constructionembodying my invention, Fig. 8l being a `section if.;

taken onthe dotted line 8-'8 of Fig. 10; Figl 9 is a lfront end view of thesame, taken from the left vhand end'of Fig. 8;.

Fig. 10 isa vertical `section throughv the same` taken Aon Jche 'dotted line Q10- 10.V of Fig'- 8; Fig. the sametakeu 11 isa 'longitudinal section through Y. 'Fig'. 12 is anelevation showing in flat-.diasy grams or strips the numbering g on. the sev-.l eral rotary .wheel members of my. device, Fig. 12 being applicable AAValike to the con'- struction shown in Figspl to 5 inclusive and on `the dotted line; 11%-11l 1. 80

that presented in Figs. v8 to 11 inclusive, and ia 13 is a perspective View of-a sales slip adapted for use on the device in the manner indicated inFig. 10. V f Y s In the drawings, referringto Figs. l'to `5 inclusive, 2O designates the 'general ybody of the device and 21 a pivoted platen which is'movable toward thebody 2O and normally is held pressed therefrom by means of a spring 22 flexed between vthe hand1e23 on sai-d platen and a stationary handle/24 rigid withthe end-piece25 of .the body. 20. 'The platen '21 andhandle 23l maybe cast in one piece, and this piece is pivotallymounted on a pin 26 supported from theend-piece 25.l The handle 24 may be cast with the end-. piece 25, and said handle. will preferably have ahole 27 as means for suspending vthey device from; a hook or the like;`

The bodyv 20` is composed of the end-piece 25, "an elongated shell 28. which is in the nature' of a hood and secured by screws to said end-piece and a base-plate 29Y to which the lower edges of said shell are secured by screws, as shown in Fig. 5. The bases plate 29 is shorter than the shell 28, there by leaving a space 30 at the rear end of said plate and a space 31st the frontend of -said plate (Fig. 5). In the space '30v are mounted the ink-pad rollers 32, the shafts of said rollers being set into bearing 'recesses in the facing portions of Vtheplsjre-2 9. and end piece 25, and in the space 31 are provided the ink-pad rollers '33, whose shafts are mounted at their rear `ends in the trent end-Lof .the ibasepalate 2-9 and-at theirv iront ends inv the `irl-turned Harige '34 formed on the front AendQo the lslieil'or housing 28, t

t1in .itslowver surface the .base-plate29 1s formed with ailongitudinal.dove-tail recess intowhicli is slid a type :oriimprzession piate 36 having,- iin' relief, typexor impressinnv characters 537.

'NWithin the. housing 28 is secured alone gitudinalaxie 38 `which extends from the end-piece 25 iforvvlardly through the open forward end of :said "housing, Vfthe rear lend of said aXle being secured to said' end-piece A by ,a threaded stem VA/39jand nut 410.

Upon vthe aXle13'8 is rotatably mounted a sleeve 41, and `upon this sleeve 'is keyed to rotate therewith, a :rear impression Wheel 4.2 having type for impression characters.I 43, fa forward impression Wheel 44 having .I {type .pr impression character-s 45 and yan 'operatingkrlioibl 46 -having -a-n annular finger-piece or flange 47 and a loonCai-l bod-y. 48 bearing on its surface a series of numerals ranging consecutively from f1 to 20 inclusive, as shown by the 'diagram c strip 48 in Fig. 12, and denoting, iin-this inoff the faiile 38 and whose ahead. overlaps the central portion olf lsaid "'lrnob. y

l 'llhe nvvh'eel 42 rotates,:at irts lowveriportioin Within the fspacei30at the `:rear end of the base iplafte29 and against the iarksrdlflers 3 2, and thecwheels 44,y 50;rotate, at their lower portions, VWithin 4the ,space '-31zat tithe forward end :of :the base-plate29 and agains'tfthe inkrfllers F33.

The tlrnob'f 46 ris exposed-at -rtlae forward end of theffshellror housifng 28:andf5the i lwheels 42,944 :andfO are concealed within said shell erhousing. l preferably' in the end-piece 25 a pointed spring-pavvl 53 to snap into indentations in the rear face of the Wheel 42, as shown inF'ig. `1, these indentations being aligned with the vimpression characters on the Wheel and the paWl serving to exert ressure against the WheelV ,and steady itin its printing positions.

The type or impression characters on the wheel 42 are represented on the diagram 42 in Fig. 12, and they are usedrto imprint on the sales Slips thefjnumber of gallons of gasolene, at each sale, actually ordered and sold, thenumber `c510 4on the Aslips shown in Figsj and 7 having. been 'made by .the

Wheel 42 and indicating that ten gallons .of

gasolene had been sold to a customer.

v'The type or .impression characterson the Wheels 44, 50v are represented at 44,50 in Fig. 12, and they are usedto imprint on the sale-s slips the total charge 'for thegasoie-ne sold atgeachfsa'le thereofythe gures'2i00 5 in Figs. 6 andk 7 representing a sale et ten gallons of -gasolene at 201/2-cents gallon, the figures 2.00 5 indicating t-Woldollfais and live `centsl The ftype or. impression characters on vthe Wheel44 indicate dollars andxcentsand they commence atvth'e middle of the strip. 44 shown inA Fig. 12 or at the bottom :cent-ral point .on fthe Wheel '44,.With the number 20, indicating 20c, and at a corresponding pointlon thewlieell 42 is 'the numeral 1, `indicating one gallon -on the Wheel 42 and the price :thereof @20c being i-ndicateden the Wheel 44. .Ait a corresponding point on the Wheel y50 is the character f1/{2"Which .represents a fractionof a cent. if. the Wheels 42, 44, 50 Iare read :across ron the line o-f'tli-esaid nume-ral51,",ftlie number 20? Aand the indication /gfitiwifll beseen thatthe imprint cn'the sales slip WilElUr-ead 1A gallon `oi gasol'vene-,201/2 cents. y On the Wheel 42 I commence With the'numeral 591 aft a central point off the Wheel, and thence the numerals kon the Wheel continue consecut'ively Ito ii-20- inclusive. lQn the Wheel 44, `which is a total price Wheel, it Wilflffbe seenftha-t El commence at a .point'fthereon aligning with then-umeral 1' yof iwli'eel'42, Withthe number 220, indicating 20c, and that from 'that .point the amounts on ithe Wheel 44 are'smul't'iples of 20`and @follow in fsucf cession aroundY the-Wheel .up to the figures 4.00',' the latter representing$4-00 and Iindicating what would be printed on the sales sli-p if 'twenty gallons of gaso'lene jlias l:been

soldat tvventy'cents agallon iOnthe Wheel 50, I commence with the character 1/2' `on line lwith 'the K1 =on -vvh'eel 42 and fthe num-- ber 20 on Wheel y4:4, las fmayfbe observed in Fig. 12,.fand sthencefthe characters on the WheellO @increase :by-.oneehalf Lcent fractions around-the Wheel l=to vthe linal lnumber 5310.,

which denotes ten cents. If ,a sale'isrnade of :twenty gallons ,fof -gasolene at 2'201/2c a gallon, 'the imprint :on the .sales slip will isaio be 4.00.10, denoting $4.10, the tenhav ing been imprinted .from the wheel 50 and the 4.00 fromv the wheel 44. The wheelv 50 will only be used when gasolene` is sold at a price yinvolving the fraction of av cent.

The numerals on the knob 46 commence with l at the top of the knob and' continue Y along around the knob consecutively to the numeral 20. The numeral 1 lon the knob 46 is normally at the top of the knob, and the numeral 51 on the wheel 42 and the amountv on the wheel 4 4 andthe fraction 1/2o'n the wheel 50 will always be at the bottom of the wheels 42, 44, at the same time that the numeral ".1 on the knob 46 is exposedat the upper side or top thereof. Y

On a sale of ten gallons of` gasolene the A knob 46 willbe turned until the numberflO thereon appears at the top in line with the index on the shell 28 (Fig. 2), and this turningmotion of the knob will be communicated through the sleeve 41 to lthe wheels 42, 44, and from the wheel 44 to` the ring orA wheel 50,l and under this turning motion oftheknob 46 to expos'eat its top the numeral 1'0, the wheels 42, 44, 50 will turn Vuntil at the bottom thereof will ap-V pear the number l0 on the wheel V42, 22.00 on the wheel 44, and 2 on thevwheel.l 50, so that thereafter lwhen an impression is made on the sales slip the slip will'show the number l0 from the wheel 42, the numerals 2.00 from the wheel 44, and

' ythe numeral 5 from'the wheel 50, showing a total sale of ten gallons of gasolene at 201/2c a gallon or 2.00 5.v The dollar sign 'will finally appear onl the check shown in Fig. 6, and the checks will be numbered in` regular series, the original checkshown in Fig. 7 and the duplicate shown in 6 bearing corresponding vnumbers, as lkl. The duplicate sales ,slipv will also, as 'pres-v ently explained, receive an indicationl of the salesman, as the letter A, the A denoting who it was that made the sale.

The wheels 42, 44, 50' by reason of their engaging the ink-rollers 32, 33, will make ink impressions on the original check, as shown in Fig. 7, and these will be transferred to the duplicate check from the carbon back on the original check. Inthis in'- stance also-the following will be transferred to the vduplicate check, to-wit? Gallons of gas A in additionto the numeral .10, and the price 2.00 5, the transfer of the WordsfGallons of gas A and the being madeby the type characters 37 yonthe plate 36 secured in thebottom of the base member 29. y I The sales-slips will preferablybe in pad form, as indicated in Fig. 6, vand thetop check or slip ofthe pad is that shown in Fig. 7, and .it has a carbon back so as to transfer to the duplicate check or slip shown device,

in Fig. 6. After a sale has been consummated the duplicate ,check or sales-slip shown in Fig. 6 is detached and handed to the customer. v

The means for enabling'the wheels 42, 44, 50 and plate 36 to make their impressions on the sales-slip consists of the pivoted platen 21 having the yielding rubber ,or other pad 6 0 on itsupper face. `Two of thenslips from the pad shown in Fig. 6, one being an original and the other the duplicate, are inserted betweenv the platen 21 andl the body of the and after the Vslips havebeen positioned thehandle 23 is squeezed toward the handle '24, andthis causes theplaten 2l to press the slips againstthe wheels 42,44, 50 and plate36 and thereby said .wheels and plate lare. enabled to make their impressions .on the original slip and by thecarbon transfer, onto the duplicate sales slip. In Fig; 4 I illustrate two of the companion salesslips as having been Vintroduced between .thel platen 2l and the body ofthe device.

yFrom the foregoing rdescription lit will be understood that the wheels 42, 44, 50 are set to make'their impressions by the manual rotation of the knob 46 and sleeve 41.. The

wheel 42 being turned to the lower side of -v said ,wheel, and also inthe wheels `44, 50'being so turned that the appropriate charac- .ters thereon, according to the numeral at the` lower side 'of'ftheuwheel42will appear in impression position at the bottomsof ysaid wheels. The numbers Von the lwhe'elsand on theknobw46f areoppositely disposed so that when the numeral 1 is at the top ofthe knob 46y the -numeral 1 is at the bottom of said wheel, ,and this system is carried out through all'of the wheels. The plate'36 in the bot-j tom of the base 29 carries permanent characters, and thesecharacterswill varyl with Vthe desireof the owner of the device. The characters 37 on the plate 36 may be of sharp character so as to leave their imprint on the original check'shown in Fig. 7 while transferring through the carbon on the back of said check the like. characters to the duplicate check or'slip shown in Fig. 6. a The device of my invention will be used by vsalesmen selling gasolene at the customarygas stations or'elsewhere, and its purpose is to compel fairness inthe sales transactions 'and protectboth the customer and the owner of the station.; -With the use of my device a sales transaction is recorded in duplicate on the two slips, one-of which is retained in the pad for the owner of the station and the other is handedto the customer' and apprises `him of the number of gallons of gasolene delivered to .him and the totalp'rice therefor.

In Fige- 8 .to l1' oolusiye l illustrate a modification of the invention Without departing from the principle of operation or the details connected with the impression Wheels. in Fig ,8 the body orcasing of the device is a cylindrical casting 7.0 having a thumb or finger loop 71 "at its (upper'ls'ide and va hingedplaten 72 at its loyver side, said Platero beiog secured by .a Pivot 73 .and beying a thumb, or finger hole 74. The vsonstruction shewn in Fig, 8 contains the same operative .elements shown in Fig. l, and they o vvillv ybe Acorre'spondingly Vnumbered vin Fig.v

8 so asV to lavoid repetition, these features being the stationary axle 38,` rotary sleeve 4l, impression Wheel 42, impression AWheel or yvheel 50,

impression plate 3.6,. These features. 'just enuineratedrare l,the -same i1n`r lconstruction and operation the like .features already de rscribed yvith respeet tosFigs.' l t0 5 inclu:

sive. In' the .Construction sboy'vnili Fgf no ink rollers such as 324.33 are made use of,

the object being .to so firmly press-the Silles slips betweenv` he platen 2 the fimipression oharacters'rca'rried ibythe vvheels and plate 36, that on the Io lfiginal ,check pum',- bered 7:5 in Fig. lf3 said charaeters may zappear by imprint, 4 hile at `the same ytime the carbon on Athe back y'ofthe choc-l5 7;? vyill transfer the characters (to the duplioate check .f7 6. The duplicate check will be ed `tothe customer and vthe checl; Yolretainned fel# .the owner of the station. In both forms of my invention theyvheels 42, 44, ',50lare .dre-

teobeble ood renewable end'pofooelorly the Wheels, 44, 50 may be removed, tbe knob 46 has been jitbdrayyb so .that new Wheels 442,5() may be applied to 4the deyic'epn changes in price .of ga'sollexne.l gaso-- leneissold at a price vvhich does net include the raoton of .a ,centen-.b gallon; the Elg or `:Wheel i50 will be takeno and hence not used all. Ylien the :price 'of gasolene varies from the .standard figures kfound en the Wheel 44, this vvheel will be removed 'and be replaced by a YWheel :saying the correct totalamounts featured thereon.

I haye described my'iinvention as em.- ployed in the sale of gasolene .at Glas Stixtions,"7 but obviously vthe device may be employed in the sale of voil jand many "other commoditiesor )Inerchandise,l @11d I' do not therefore limit A,the invention .to use in vthe sale of gasolene, although I IeQQglZe lehe necessity of ,employing the xdevice Iat Gas stations and th same yvas especial y ydesignedfor such use.

I do not limit -the `invention to all -the details of .form and ,construction deseribedin illoetreteg .the preferred ,embodiment of the inyention, since I amijaware that'tliefse ieeeloe from my. ieyeeioo oo defined in tbe oro-eee# ed claims. y

Yiliat claim .as my invention and desire to 'seoui'e by LettersePatebb, isf-f l- A manually operative' computing. Soles oleyoe,v Comprising ebooly Potoibod 'e platen betvv'eenA 'which sales slips may be pressed to receive thereon .the Vrecerd of a .saler-said body portion comprising an elongated oaeiegbeyeg e jr.igol book 'portionV therefrom, aln impression V,vvheel mounted on said lshaft and liavingtheieon 'in a series of Y l l A numerals "on sa-id knob and @also indicative olf'tllie quantitile s of he yY'merellandis e sold,

nd an impression yvlieel lmountedwons'aid Aberoeiers! .denoting .tbe total" Vioree to Yble Charged :for the' @its .tepfeeeotedby the corresponding n'umer sfoln saidikno'b land said yquantity y'ilufflpresfsion lvvheel,y saidim pression Wheels being' adapted .to ineke reoord'olabbe fselee Slire'rlteeeed ,against there of .tliequantity of merchandise soldy andthe total charge therefor, and impression Wheels being' .keyed on seid .shaft and''slid-V able zto position thereon andlltl'erefroml f 2'. manually toperatiye comp'uting sales devioe, 'Comprising e body .portion ariel o .platee .between 'yvbeb sales. slioe may be Pressed .tor-eoeye'bbereo tbe rcofd of 'a YSele, Seid ybedy portion oombr'eng .bi1 elo@ having@ rotary shaft lprovided lon one en with `an exposed op rating knob, bearing numerals indie tive ,of .the quant-1.121,95 .fof

merchandise so d, said shaft"|being ins'eigtf able l.and removable'through .theopenouter exndof said casingiandsaid llnoblloe'inglgeyed on'tyh'e fouter yfenfdmof shaft and removable tberefobl be i...breeeiob Wbeel .reotedon said shaft andllaying .thereon inf relief [a series of numerals corresponding with numerals on said .knob and also indieative ,by 'the @responding numerals corresponding" With vthe of the quantity of merchandise sold, the total charge therefor and such other data as said plate may carry, and said impression wheels being keyed on said shaft and slidable to position thereon and therefrom.

8. A computing sales device as claimed in claim l, in which said shaft is tubular and in which said body portion has a stationary axle on which said tubular shaft is mounted and which axle is removably secured at its inner end to said rigid back portion and thence extends through the open front end of said casing.

4. A computing sales device as claimed in claim 2, in which the body portion has a longitudinal dove-tail groove to receive said impressionV plate.

5. A computingfsales device as claimed in claim l, in which said knob and price wheel are removable and in which said price wheel has removably positioned therewith an impression price ring or wheel bearing a series of characters aligned with the characters on the price wheel and denoting a fraction of a cent and multiples thereof to be impressed on the sales slips.

6. A computingr sales device as claimed in claim l, in which said body portion has inking rollers mounted therein in the path of motion of said quantity and price impression wheels, said inking rollers being positioned in spaces left therefor at theends of said platen.

7. A computing sales device as claimed in claim l, in which said platen is pivoted at one end of said body portion and in which means are provided on said body portion and platen for squeezing the same together and against the sales slips interpo-sed between them.

8. A manually operative computing sales device, comprising a body portion and a platen between which sales slips may be pressed to receive thereon the record of a sale,

said body portion comprising anelongated casing having a rigid back portion and being open at its outer or forward end and having a rotary shaft with means thereon for rotating it and associated with a set of numerals to guide the operator in rotating said shaft and which numerals are indicative of the quantities of merchandise sold, said shaft being insertible and removable through the open outer end of said' casing, an impression wheel mounted on said shaft and having thereon in relief a series of numerals corresponding with the aforesaid guide numerals and alsoindicative of the quantities of merchandise sold, and an impression wheel mounted on said shaft and bearing in relief impression characters de noting the total price to be charged for the units represented by the corresponding gated casing having a rigid back portion.

and being open at its outer or forward end and having'a rotary shaft with means thereon for rotating it and associated with a set of numerals to guide the operator in' rotating saidl shaft and which numerals are indicative of the quantities of merchandise sold, said shaft being insertible and removable through the open outer end of said casing, an impression wheel mounted on said shaft and having `thereon in relief a series of numerals corresponding with the aforesaid guide numerals and also indicative of the quantities of merchandise sold, an impression wheel mounted on'said shaft and bearing in relief impression character denoting the total price to be charged for the units represented by the corresponding numerals in said guide set and on said quantity impression wheel, and a stationary plate mounted in said body portion between said impression wheels and having characters relevant to the sales, said impression wheels and said plate being adapted to make a record on the sales slips pressed against them of the quantity of merchandise sold, the total charge therefor and such other data as said plate may carry, said stationary plate representing the bottom of said casing and having the lower edges of the sides of the casing secured to it.

l0. AV computing sales device as claimed in claim l, in which the characters on said impression wheels are reversely disposed with relation to the numerals on said knob, so that as the numerals on the knob are respectively turned to a definite exposed position, the cooperating numerals on the impression wheels will' be turned to their imprinting position. y

Signed at New York city, in the county of NewYork and State of New .York, this 17 th day .of December A. D. 1923.

. CHARLES S. BATDORF. 

